# GifShare: Post GIFs for Instagram as Videos

> Photo & Video

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id873187815](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id873187815)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id873187815`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Daneco Ltd.
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (1,839 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1
- **Last updated:** 2016-06-29
- **First published:** 2014-06-22
- **Size:** 17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gifshare-post-gifs-for-instagram-as-videos/id873187815)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://appholdings.org/privacypolicy.html](http://appholdings.org/privacypolicy.html)

## Description

GifShare is a Chrome extension that helps you turn GIFs into Instagram-ready videos. Save GIFs from the web to your camera roll, then crop, resize, and adjust speed to post with ease.

Key features include searching GIFs or using your camera roll, downloading GIFs, editing speed, background and filters, converting GIFs to video, sharing to Instagram, saving to camera roll, and opening GIFs in your favorite video editors. Follow @GifShare for updates.

## Rankings

- #43,949 — Overall
- #25 — post
- #38 — gif
- #45 — share

## Review summary

Users generally praise the app for its simple, fast interface and useful GIF-to-video conversion for Instagram or personal projects. However, several reviews report reliability issues—crashes, freezes, and camera roll/GIF display problems. Some paid features (watermark removal) don’t consistently work or aren’t remembered. Additionally, the app frequently prompts for ratings, which irritates users after purchases. Overall, functionality is hit-or-miss: useful when it runs smoothly, but reliability is a concern.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, fast interface for saving and sharing GIFs as videos.
- Effective GIF-to-video conversion quality that meets core needs.
- Helpful for Instagram workflows and personal projects.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and freezes that can make the app unusable.
- Cannot access camera roll / GIFs not displaying correctly; photos not recognized.
- Paid features (watermark/ads removal) sometimes don’t work or aren’t remembered after reinstall/purchase.
- Persistent rating prompts disrupt usage.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id873187815)